Eastown Community Association

June Events

Eastown — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:15 +0000

June 20th, 5-9pm Uptown Eat.Shop.Rock
Eat.Shop.Rock will feature free entertainment in each of the four business districts all night, with headline acts during the designated times. Walk around, grab some food, head to your favorite shop – experience all that Uptown has to offer! At 8pm Blue Molly will be performing at Kava House (1445 Lake Dr).

June 21st, 1-4pm Eastown Business District Clean Up Sponsored by Harmony
Help clean up the Eastown Business District the day before Bizarre Bazaar, one of our biggest events of the year! Harmony Brewing Company is sponsoring this event and will provide lunch for the volunteers.

June 22nd, 9am-5pm Biz Baz
Biz Baz features some of the best original artwork and specialty handmade arts and crafts in the area. We feature original, local acoustic music all day and you can taste the best that Eastown Restaurants have to offer.
2013 Biz Baz live music line-up:
11:00-11:45 ~ The Ancients
12:00-12:45 ~ J Ryan Berends
1:00-1:45 ~ Kyle McCann – Music
2:00-2:45 ~ Otis Blueswell Jr.
3:00-3:45 ~ The Koh Kohs
4:00-4:45 ~ Sam Kenny & Emma Loo

May Events

Eastown — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:19:47 +0000

ECA Family Movie Night, May 10th, 6:30pm
Neighborhood residents and friends are invited to join ECA staff, Board of Directors, and committee members to enjoy a free movie while coming together to meet more of their Eastown neighbors. This is a fun and free event for the whole family. We will be showing the movie Brave at the Point church (1514 Wealthy St SE #170).

Lead Safe Painting & Home Repair, May 11th, 10am
Planning on making repairs to your pre-1978 home? Healthy Homes will teach this FREE class for Eastown homeowners and renters on the basics of lead safe painting and home repair. Please RSVP to Lindsey@eastown.org

Society To Increase Neighbor’s Knowledge (STINK), May 16th, 7pm
Have you noticed or been affected by the growing skunk population in Eastown? Interested neighbors will meet at the ECA office on Thursday, May 16^th. We need creative minds as to: 1) trapping; 2) transferring; 3) informing our neighbors; 4) request for help from the City, and/or the neighborhood alliance. Email SkunksGR@gmail.com with any questions.

Picnic in the Park, May 18th 9am-4pm
9am-11am- Eastown residents and volunteers will help with general clean up of Sigsbee and Wilcox parks, as well as help with existing gardens. Please meet at the ECA by 9am.
Noon-4pm we will have a community picnic at Sigsbee Park with food, kid’s activities, a bounce house, bands and more!
Performances by:
Youz Guyz
WaZobia (Interactive African Drumming Group)
Cricketz

Thank you to our business sponsors:
Eastown Financial Services
Smitty’s
Chad Sytsma
Martin Remodel
Yesterdog
Kava House
Striders
Wolfgang’s
Annabell Noel Designs
Eastown Vet

Beer and Wine Tasting, May 18th 2pm-6pmJY Distributor’s will be hosting a Michigan wine and local brewery tasting at Billy’s Lounge. $10 will get you 10 tasting tickets (1 ticket per taste), additional tickets will be available for $2/ticket. Proceeds will be donated to the ECA.

Calling all Artists!
We have been organizing community events for 40 years. Please help us commemorate with a 40th anniversary design. The winning design will be sold as event merch. The design will need to be eventually formatted into a PDF for printing. Email your finished design to info@eastown.org. Art deadline is 5/31/13.

Earth Week Donation Drive

Eastown — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:50:30 +0000

We will have Goodwill bins in the office from April 19 until April 30. We are open 9am-5pm.

Calling all Artists!

Eastown — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:56:35 +0000

The ECA has been organizing community events for 40 years. Please help us commemorate with a 40th anniversary design. The winning design will be sold as event merch. The design will need to be eventually formatted into a PDF for printing. Email your finished design to info@eastown.org.

April Events

Eastown — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:03:16 +0000

April 6th, 10am-3pm Eastown Service Day Sponsored by Eastown Cafe
We will be cleaning up the ECA garden and building raised beds. Plots will be available to Eastown residents and business owners later this Spring. Eastown Cafe will provide refreshments.

April 16th, 12pm-12am Living in Harmony – Support Eastown!
Our friends at Harmony Brewing Company are hosting a fundraiser for the ECA. Please stop in any time on April 16th for food and drinks. We will receive 10% of all food sales and a portion of drinks sales for the day.

April 20th, 9am-11:30am Eastown Clean-up Sponsored by Connie’s Cakes
In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, we will be cleaning up the Eastown business district and nearby streets. We will start off at the ECA with a story time for Eastown families and kids. Volunteers will will then clean up the Eastown business district and neighboring streets. We will finish up at Connie’s Cakes who will provide treats.

ECA Community Garden

Eastown — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:16:26 +0000

This Saturday - On April 6th, we are hosting Eastown Service Day sponsored by Eastown Cafe. Volunteers will be working to update the ECA community garden. We will be bringing in new soil and supplies as well as building raised beds. Plots will be rented to Eastown residents and business owners for one year. Please contact the ECA if you would like more information on joining. Plots will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis.

Following our Eastown Service Day, our friends at the Point, 1514 Wealthy St. SE Suite #170, are hosting a Spring Jamboree from 4pm-6pm. The jamboree is a party to celebrate the end of winter and coldness and the beginning of spring and warmth! Guests are invited to bring a dish to pass and to come enjoy music and spending time together.

April Events – Volunteers Wanted

Eastown — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:38:54 +0000

We have a few events coming up in April and we are looking for volunteers to help out. Email Lindsey if you are interested in helping at any of our April events.

April 6th, 10am-3pm
We will be cleaning up the ECA garden and building raised beds. Plots will be available to Eastown residents and business owners later this Spring. Eastown Cafe will provide refreshments.

April 16th, 12pm-12am
Our friends at Harmony Brewing Company are hosting a fundraiser for the ECA. Please stop in any time on April 16th for food and drinks. We will receive 10% of all food sales and a portion of drinks sales for the day.

April 20th, time TBD
In honor of Earth day we will be cleaning up Eastown. Connie’s Cakes will provide treats.

Thank you Eastown!

Eastown — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:53:14 +0000

Thank you to all of the Eastown residents that attended our first Block Club Organizer Round Table on March 7th. It was a very successful event and a great time for residents and Community Organizers to connect and share ideas. Don’t forget about our next event, ECA Meet & Greet which is March 19th, 7pm at Harmony Brewing Company (in the back room). This is a time for Eastown residents to learn more about our new programs and neighborhood events and to just hang out and get to know each other. Harmony will offer various pizza specials and an exclusive ECA cocktail!

ECA Office Closed

Eastown — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:04:52 +0000

Please note that the ECA office will be closed from 3/8 until 3/18. We will open again at 9am on the 18th. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Lindsey. Emails will be responded to on the 18th.

As always, call the GRPD at 456-3400 to report any suspicious activity and call 911 for emergencies. Thank you!

Block Organizer Round Table

Eastown — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:50:46 +0000

Thursday March 7th, 6:00pm at ICCF (920 Cherry St)
In partnership with Baxter Neighborhood Association, East Hills Council of Neighbors, and Heritage Hill Association, we have organized a Block Organizer Round table. Join other neighbors to update or learn basic block captain duties for today’s world.

15 Minute Round Tables will run concurrently:

Block Organizing 101 – Lindsey Ruffin, Eastown Community Association, Best “Just Do It” info pack ever.

Just Between You, Me, and the Cops - Sgt. John Witkowski, GRPD,

You, Me, Cops & Slumlords – Code Enforcement Officer Shelly Weiss, GRPD, When nothing else works we call the enforcer!

Neighborhood Watch: It’s back! – Claire Fisher, Easthills Council of Neighborhoods, (Singer, Activist, and more)

Fun Raising- Tony Martin, Eastown – Host of legendary Thomas Block Parties

Tricks, Tips & Stopping Home Invasion - Barb Lester, Heritage Hill, “I Can Break Into Your House!”

CEPT (Secret code for Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design – don’t tell) -Marian Barrera, Baxter Neighborhood Association.